Thursday, December 8, 2011

And *Another* Player Takes the Field...

Got an interesting press release yesterday about a new compact 9mm handgun from Bersa:

BPCC

This is the Bersa BPCC, the Bersa Pistol Concealed Carry in 9mm. It's a polymer-framed, striker-fired single-stack DAO pistol. It has an 8+1 capacity, a 3.3" barrel, and weighs in at 21.5 ounces - about that of a Walther PPS or Glock 26. MSRP is expected somewhere in the low $300s, putting it well below most of its competitors in the compact 9mm lineup.

From the standpoint of someone who grew up in the late 1980s and came of carrying age in the bad ol' Clinton years, it is nothing short of amazing to see so many guns dedicated to concealed carry now. Back when I first got my permit in 1994, we had the J-frame, the Detective Special, Baby Brownings, and the Makarov for small guns, and not much more. Now the options are staggering, as are the number of states in which one can legally tote them...

And now we have a new option from Bersa!

That is all.

8 comments:

Brad_in_IL said...

Mass compliant?

New Jovian Thunderbolt said...

What is it a clone of?

Weer'd Beard said...

Brad, most likely not...but since when did that stop us? There are always ways.

I'm glad to see they went with no manual safety like all the good DAO Striker guns do. What I don't know is if it has the standard Bersa mag disconnect.

I really hate mag disconnects.

Dragon said...

Dammit...

I can't get Bluegun models for this, the Taurus 709 Slim, nor the Beretta Nano to properly fit holsters to.

I'm just gonna need to go and get the real things, I guess.

Sucks, don't it?

Bubblehead Les. said...

RE 90's guns, don't forget those who had the Big Bucks could get Walther PPK's or Colt Officer Models, then those Colt 380's like the Mustang came along. Those who were poor had to make do with Jennings, Davis Derringers, etc.

I hope this a good gun. At 8+1, it might fit us Big Hand People.

But I can buy a Kahr CW09 for $340 today here in Buckeye Land, so Bersa better not get too "Hoity-Toity" like Glock is.

But since it's a Bersa, T-Bolt will still say it hurts. ; )

daeth said...

So it's a Bersa Bersa Pistol Concealed Carry......

That's just like ATM Machine (Automated Teller Machine Machine).

It does look like an interesting pistol though.

Brad_in_IL said...

Weerd,

When Big Brother isn't peering into this interwebz thing, you'll have to explain that one to me. Perhaps at the NE Bloggershoot Winter Dinner thing Jay is proposing.

- Brad

Mike W. said...

Weer'd - From what I've read it does have a mag disconnect.

Range reports I've read have all been good though.